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Survey findings and summary

Thumbtack has released
Iowa's results from the fourth annual Thumbtack.com
Small Business Friendliness Survey. The study, drawing upon data from over 12,000
small business owners, provides new insights into state and local business
environments across the nation.

"After a two-month survey of thousands of small business owners nationwide,
Iowa's small businesses have placed the state near the top for its friendliness," says Jon Lieber, Chief Economist of
Thumbtack. "Creating a business climate that is welcoming to small, dynamic
businesses is more important than ever, and Iowa is working hard to get that formula right."

Some of the key findings for Iowa include:

Iowa earned an A- for its overall friendliness towards small business.

Iowa was one of only a few states where female entrepreneurs were more optimistic about the outlook for the state economy than their male counterparts, rating their outlook 7 percent higher on average.

Iowa's enviornmental regulations earned an A from small business owners, rating it the 5th highest in the country.

Iowa jumped ten spots in our ratings this year for overall friendliness, and rose 11 spots when it came to the ease of staring a business.

Small businesses gave Iowa poor marks for its training and networking programs, which earned a grade of D, one of the worst in the country.

The top rated states overall were Utah, Idaho, Texas, Virginia and Louisiana. The lowest rated were Rhode Island, Illinois, California, Connecticut and New Jersey.

A copy of the survey's full methodology and analysis paper is available upon
request. Please email Thumbtack's Chief Economist, Jon Lieber, at
jon.lieber@thumbtack.com for a copy
of the paper and with any questions or comments you might have.